Have You Yelled at Other Drivers?

The light turned green, but someone ran their red light, turning left, just a few feet from my bumper! Fortunately, I was alert and hadn’t moved, or we would’ve collided. Then, I did what most motorists do, exclaiming out loud about how stupid this driver was. Immediately, the Holy Spirit brought a verse to my mind (see notes) that cut my tirade short:

…but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. We praise our Lord and Father with it, and we curse men who are made in God’s likeness with it. Praising and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers, these things should not be this way. ~ James 3:8 – 10 (HCSB)

I immediately confessed my sin to God, not knowing that incident thirty-five years ago, and that verse, would shape my live. Naturally, I stopped disparaging other drivers. I expect errors and rarely react emotionally to them. Obviously, I’m not a likely recruit for the Road Rage Club.

A Deeper Change

What really changed in me was deeper still. God laid a foundation stone that afternoon in building my character. Since all people are created in God’s image, I’m very sensitive to how people are treated. I hate real-life shootings and “entertaining” movies when people are killed indiscriminately. I’m grieved by hate crimes and “us versus them” attitudes. I’m horrified when people are treated like animals. The list goes on.

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